first edition
1948 · New York
by GARDNER, Erle Stanley
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1948. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); bluish-gray boards, with titles stamped in dark blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],276,[6]pp. Tiny crimp to base of spine, lower right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp), else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn, with gentle sunning to the red spine lettering, and a small, faint splash mark at upper edge of front panel; Very Good+. The 32nd Perry Mason mystery. HUBIN, p.163. (Inventory #: 51749)